There are some few rare friends who, even though you may go months without seeing one another, when you make the time to be truly present to one another it’s instantly the same closeness. You can be one another’s encourager, admonisher, confidante,...
Wisdom from Dr. Curt Thompson, whose work inspires and guides me. 1/8/26. CBB “Gratitude is far more than a seasonal sentiment. It is a practice that literally reshapes our brains and our relationships.Gratitude doesn’t arise effortlessly. It’s cultivated...
“Gifts from God that are not acknowledged as such are deadly to the soul, because they thicken the illusion of self-sufficiency that leads to over-confidence and sets us up for failure.”. Tim Keller, Prayer, Chapter 8. I awoke in the night with someone on...
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. 9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is...
It was of poverty of spirit that the Lord spoke to my heart in the midst of pain, hurt, and disappointment on a drive following what was to have been a joyful retreat with friends on a cruise ship in 2003 as I cried and prayed asking why such circumstances kept...
